SquirrelyGrl Tales

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London D4

Saturday – Rickmansworth Boat Festival

8.6 miles walked

After a trot around the neighborhood, we boarded a train for NW – the town of Rickmansworth.

Locks at Rickmansworth
Pups of barge boats
Spitfire Warbird – per wikipedia – production years 1938 – 48.
Currently, 70~ish remain fly worthy worldwide, 30~ish are in England. I did not possess a quality camera, regardless of diligent searching I was unable to confirm the Spitfire which flew over the festival. I was not the only person excited to see the warbird in flight, several people were lined up on the bridge.
After sitting in a cockpit of a P-51 Mustang – I’d be uber excited to see the defensive bird up close 😀 but that was not part of the show.
Kebabs – per England – meat atop ’chips’ – not meat on a stick. The drink is Pims – a lemonade with a secret ingredient liqueur.
St Mary the Virgin Church – established in the 13th century – rebuilt many times since then. The current west tower was built in the 17th century atop the medieval tower. The Church closed for burials in 1856 – cremated ashes are interred now. The Church website has a well documented history, due to the tidy records kept over the centuries. It has been a host to many royals throughout history, including Queen Catherine – first wife to Henry VIII.
Just a pretty pub in town we passed going back towards the high street.
Blackrose Lexi Design – ‘Robin with Snowdrops’ card.


Blackrose Lexi Design – I saw some of the most extraordinary cards in the shop window of Robert Harris Jewelers. I bought several cards from the shop, encouraged by a friendly greyhound visitor inside.

Train back to London – I believe dinner was charcuterie ~ I was still full from the kebabs & Pims.

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